19 Feb
1999
19 Feb
'99
9:28 p.m.
Phil Guerney wrote:
To all "Oz-nerds" (as opposed to Yank-nerds
or Limey-nerds?:) - in the book
"Programming the Dick Smith Electronics VZ300 Personal Computer" by Tim
Hartnell, there is a section on attaching a disk drive (Cat X-7302) via a
floppy disk controller (X-7304) which can take two drives. You also need the
16K memory expansion (X-7306). I have the latter, but I have never laid eyes
on a VZ disk drive. I assume they are rare - if you had the sort of money I
expect they wanted for them in 1986-7 (the system units were still being
advertised in Aust Personal Computer in June 1987 for $A169 including
datacasette and 4 programs) you would have bought a better computer!
So has anyone ever seen that?
There's a suspicious looking dual floppy unit at Glenorchy, that although it has
no writing on the front, has the cross-hatch pattern that appears underneath the
VZ's logo. Might have a closer look, if it is for the VZ, I'll pick it up &
forward it to whoever wants it.
Lance